# Ceja v. Rudolph & Sletten, Inc.

Canonical: https://californiapersonalinjurylaws.com/cases/ceja/

Supreme Court of California, 2013. 56 Cal.4th 1113, slip op., pp. 1–2.

Reviewed by Andrew (Andy) R. Gillin; publisher reported approval 2026-11-04. The original review date was not supplied.

## Case background

Read the opinion for the full facts and procedural history.

## What the court decided

A person’s honest belief in a marriage could matter to a wrongful-death claim. The court looked at that person’s actual belief.

## Limits

This concerns one kind of person who may sue. It does not give every relative or close companion a claim.

## Opinion

https://law.justia.com/cases/california/supreme-court/2013/s193493.html